NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Country music artist and Murfreesboro native Chris Young was arrested at a Nashville bar Monday evening after he allegedly assaulted a Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agent.
According to court documents, Young, 38, was at a bar on Demonbreun Street around 8:30 p.m. when TABC agents walked in to complete a compliance check. Young reportedly held his ID over his head and a TABC agent checked it with the agency’s ID app.
The agent gave Young back his ID and returned to the other agents to continue checking the staff’s ABC license cards.
Young began questioning the agents, who answered his questions, and then started recording them on video, per an affidavit. The agents reportedly left that bar and walked down Demonbreun to another one to serve more compliance checks.
Once TABC agents checked the staff’s cards, they began to walk toward the door when Young “put his hands out to stop me from leaving the bar and stuck [sic] me on the shoulder,” according to the TABC agent.
The agent pushed Young “to create distance” and then bar customers got between the agent and Young and began “yelling and screaming,” an affidavit says. Another agent tried to talk to Young, who allegedly began walking backward and not complying with the agents orders.
According to arrest documents, two agents had to physically detain Young and placed him in handcuffs. As agents tried to leave the bar with Young, multiple people who were with Young reportedly started following them and “making the incident hostile.”
Agents noted Young’s eyes were bloodshot and watery and he had slurred speech.
Young was booked into the Metro jail and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault of an officer, officials said. He was released early Tuesday morning.
News 2 has reached out to the TABC and Young’s publicist for comment. The TABC said it has no comment. Young’s publicist has yet to respond.
